大学英语第一册答案

Answers to the exercises in Text A of Unit 4

Task one

(P108)

1. 1) Meagan wanted to make a doll for GG because she noticed that GG became very emotional

when she saw her doll. To help GG refresh her fond childhood memories, she suggested that they

make a doll for GG

.

2) Life was not easy fo GG as she and her parents and four sisters lived in an old farmhouse and

it was not easy for her parents to buy GG a doll.

3) No, it was not easy at all. The doll Gghad was made long ago, so they had to try different

places to get everything needed to make the doll up to GG

’

s description.

2. 1) b

2) a

3) c

4)c

5)b

3. 1) Meagan

’

s mother told her friends Liz and Chris about the doll she wanted to get for GG.

2) Liz helped her to contract a dollmaker who made ceramic doll heads, hands and feet and she

got what she wanted.

3)Meagan

’

s

mother

ordered

a

wig

and

a

kidskin

body,

and

bought

fabric,

lace

and

ribbon

to

make the doll

’

s outfit.

4) Liz helped to put the doll together.

5) Chris helped to make rhe doll

’

s outfit.

6) The they searched for doll boots with real buttons.

7) Meagan wrote and illustrated the story of the lost doll.

Task two

(P109)

1. 1) Her husband, her lifetime companion, had been a very important person in her life. When

her love was gone, gone also was her vitality in life.

2) Though she was better on some days than others, she was usually no longer interested in

the things around her, for the simple reason that her love was gone.

3) The doll she once had was an important part in her life and it was a symbol of many things:

respect,

admiration,

and

love,

etc.

That

’

s

why

when

GG

talked

about

it,

her

tone

was

full

of

respect.

4) Maybe it was very difficult, almost impossible for us to find a doll that could match the

one in GG

’

s fond memories.

2. 1) GG felt proud, excited, and reminiscent.

2) GG felt pitiful and sad.

3) Meagan was very excited when she came up with the suggestion. It also tells that she was

a caring, loving child.

4) The tone indicates that Meagan felt proud and expectant.

5) Meagan was very excited ang was eager to find out how GG would respond. That

’

s why

she spoke in an encouraging tone.

6) GG felt excited, thrilled, moved and thankful.

Task three

(P110)

1) The answer is a positive yes. Lots of words can be used to describe Meagan: lovely, loving,

caring, considerate, affectionate, passionate, etc.

2) It depends on the personal experience of the students to answer this question. The teacher

may ask students to reflect on what may have happened in their familyduring traditional Chinese

New Year, Mid-autumn festival, and Lantern Festival, or on special occasions such as someone

’

s

birthday, etc.

3

）

Answers may very. Most students will say

“

yes

”

. However, they may have their own ways to

maitain communication with their parents and try to find out what their parents really need.

4)Please refer to 3) above for suggestion.

Checking Your Vocabulary

1.

1) occasionally

a. The child is much better now, though he still misbehaves occasionally.

b. I occasionally go to a local museum with a couple of friends.

2)moreover

a. He is a talented artist; moreover, he is a great poet.

b. The school is close to my home; and moreover, it has lots of qualified teachers.

3) obligation

a. Everyone has a legal obligation to turn in income tax.

b. When teachers assign homework, students usually regard it as an obligation to do it.

4) deserve

a. Those who have sacrified their lives for our country deserve our respect.

b. He has been so awful he really deserves whatever he gets.

5) in contrast

a. In contrast to their neighbours, they live modestly.

b. The second movement, in contrast, reached a membership of 20,000 in two years.

6) in poverty

a. The sad old woman died inloneliness and poverty.

b. According to World Bank figures, 41% of Brazilians live in absolute poverty.

7) arrange for

a. I have arranged for a car to meet you at the airport.

b. The school has arranged for a Nobel Prize winner to give the students a lecture.

8) select

a. Those oranges have been carefully selected.

b. She has been selected as one of the interpreters for our international conference.

9) relative

a. I need to be a way for a few days to visit some relatives.

b. Not amny people care much about distant relatives nowadays.

2.

1) eventually

2) require

3) statistic

4) consideration

5) appreciate

6) potential

3.

1) Don

’

t worry about it any more. The whole affair is now in the hands of the police.

2) He is looking forward to getting a very high score in this exam.

3) You say you took the book without his permission. In other words, you stole it.

4) He was in extreme poverty after the failure of the investment.

5) I know this job of mine is not well paid, but on the other hand I don

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t have to work long hours.

Checking Your Comprehension

(P117)

1.

1) F (Family members provide over 80%of the care that elderly people need.)

2) T

3) T

4)F ( Eventhough the elderly are affectionate and cooperative and caregiving is satisfying, it is still

a hard work. )

5) T

2. 1) Three reasons are given. One caregiver said that she had always been close to her mother;

another said that she was the oldest child; and the other was the youngest child. In a word, they all

felt that they could do the job better than anyone else.

2) Also three reasons are given. Many caregivers believed that the had an obligation to help their

relatives.

Some

stated

that

helping

others

made

them

feel

more

useful.

Others

hoped

that

by

helping someone now, they would deserve care when they became old and dependent.

3

）

Adult children would like to use community service because they often have jobs and other

responsibilities to take care of.

4) An ill, elderly person may live for years, and medical care and nursing home are expensive. The

surviving spouse, usually wife, can be left in poverty. That

’

s why one

’

s spouse is usually reluctant

to use community services to help care for the elderly spouse.

5) Woman are likely to live longer than their husbands.

Enhance Your Language Awareness

(P119)

1.

1) It was blowing hard and very soon the tree in front of my house fell with a great crash.

2) She volunteered to write an explanation of how the new computer system works.

3) The book was inspired by the good deeds of a real person.

4) They smashing windows when the police arrived.

5) 70,000 tons of oil spilled from the tanker and the sea was polluted.

6) The Dean is not available at the moment, but you may call back in an hour.

7) Up to two million people there are dependent on food aid.

8) Can we find a mutually convenient time for us to meet?

9) The police report stated that he was once arrested for theft.

10) It was most unfortunate that I missed the chance to be interviewed by the company director.